Antón Reixa

Real Name:

Antonio Javier Rodríguez Reixa

Profile:

Spanish multi-faceted artist, born in Vigo in 1957. He wrote some poetry books before founding galician punk-electronic band Os Resentidos with Alberto Torrado and Javier Soto (soon replaced by Xabier Debesa). Their most known song was "Fai un sol de carallo" (1986). Their album "Jei" (Gasa, 1990), was awarded as Best Spanish Album of the Year by "Rockdelux" magazine.

In 1994 he founded "Nación Reixa" and released two albums: "Alivio Rápido" (DRO, 1994) and "Safari Mental" (Esan Ozenki-Gora Herriak, 1997). He later became film director (El lápiz del carpintero", 2002; "Hotel Tívoli", 2007...)